Chapter 602 - 187: [Parting Unhappily]
In today’s internet slang, this kind of face is called an "innocent face."
This kind of appearance and temperament is actually not suitable for imitating Chu Keqing’s glamorous femme fatale makeup style.
Clearly, it’s a baby face, so why insist on heavy makeup?
Lu Sisi’s type of looks is actually the kind that looks very nice with a natural face, and heavy makeup, on the contrary, would erase the cute, innocent charm of her appearance.
Immediately, Chen Yan made a guess: this woman definitely knows Chu Keqing!!
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As the two entered the doorway, Lu Xiuting did not speak immediately, but instead, elegantly held a teacup, leisurely took a sip, and only after slowly putting the cup down, did she look up at Chen Yan and Lu Sisi. She pressed her lips into a slight smile, her tone seemingly carrying some kind of aura, and said calmly, "Hmm, you’re here."
Chen Yan twitched the corner of his mouth—it was a bit like trying to pose with sophistication, but actually came off as a bit too pretentious.
Lu Sisi took a deep breath and whispered, "Mom."
Lu Xiuting glanced at her daughter a couple of times, then after scanning Chen Yan’s face, feigned indifference and said, "Sit down."
On the dining table in the private room, some cold dishes and tea were already laid out.
Lu Xiuting got up from the sofa, walked over with postured grace, and directly took the main seat, then quietly watched as Lu Sisi and Chen Yan sat on her left.
After staring at Lu Sisi’s face for a moment, she gently sighed, "You’ve lost some weight..."
Lu Sisi pressed her lips together tightly.
Chen Yan sneered inwardly, more like bullshit!
What a performance!
Lu Sisi was exactly four pounds heavier than when she first met him!
When Chen Yan first met Lu Sisi, she appeared to have a frail, petite build.
In reality, she wasn’t short, just rather thin.
And after being with Chen Yan, with bad luck dispelled, as life gradually stabilized, her physical condition improved slowly, with regular meals, she slowly gained some weight.
After using the Bone Forging Pill to restructure her physique, Lu Sisi’s physical condition improved more and more. Although her body shape didn’t change drastically, taking the Bone Forging Pill required enhancing physical training to promote the efficacy of the medication.
So Lu Sisi had actually gained weight.
Although this little girl still appeared to have a well-proportioned and petite figure, seemingly slender, her body indeed grew stronger—a visible waistline even emerged.
Lu Xiuting’s remark, "Lost some weight," was merely to establish her stance as a mother.
The underlying implication could be interpreted as: without parents’ support, you cannot take care of yourself outside, it’s bad in every way, see, you’ve lost weight...
Chen Yan felt Lu Sisi’s body shudder slightly; he timely broke the ice with a smile, saying, "Hello, Auntie, I’m Lu Sisi’s boyfriend, my name is Chen Yan."
Lu Xiuting glanced at Chen Yan: "Oh, I know you." — Her gaze hardly conveyed friendliness.
But Chen Yan wasn’t surprised by Lu Xiuting’s attitude, considering that night he went to the Yang Family, took Lu Sisi away in front of Yang Jiaming, and said plenty of impolite words. Lu Xiuting giving him a good face was improbable.
"Well, what you’ve heard about me surely isn’t good." Chen Yan grinned carefreely, stood up and arranged the teacups on the table, pouring each for the mother and daughter.
Lu Xiuting glanced at the teacup in front of her without touching it, instead looking at Lu Sisi: "You left home for so long, don’t you know that everyone at home is worried about you?"
The tone didn’t carry much anger, just seemed very casual.
Lu Sisi bit her lip and slowly said, "I am fine, nothing to worry about."
Lu Xiuting was slightly surprised; her daughter’s retort seemed to go beyond her expectations—Lu Sisi who was impressioned to endure all kinds of grievances now seemed to have become accustomed to it.
"Even though we sent you so many messages, why didn’t you reply?" Lu Xiuting shook her head, her tone seemed caring, but actually hidden blame was evident.
Lu Sisi suddenly raised her head, directly meeting Lu Xiuting’s gaze: "Mom, you asked me to meet—is there something you want?"
Lu Xiuting frowned, pondered briefly, and said coolly, "Why say that? Is it necessary that there must be something? You’re my daughter, you’ve been away from home for so long, shouldn’t I be worried about you, care about you?"
"Because you wouldn’t."
Surprisingly, Lu Sisi replied, neither humble nor arrogant.
Lu Xiuting’s gaze turned grim, and she said lightly, "What nonsense."
"Not nonsense." Lu Sisi shook her head: "During summer and winter vacations, you took my little brother out traveling, never sent a single message for a whole month. During Chinese New Year, you always left me home alone, never has anyone cared about me."
As she spoke, Lu Sisi said softly, "I moved out from home, started living with my boyfriend, you hadn’t asked anything before, but suddenly in these few days, you’ve sent me lots of messages."
Lu Xiuting’s eyes darkened even more, but soon she smiled again, as though overlaying that gloom.
She stared into Lu Sisi’s eyes, her tone slightly warmer: "Nonsense! What parents don’t care for their children?"
Speaking, she reached out, lightly holding Lu Sisi’s hand: "Actually, I’ve been really worried about you these days."
Lu Sisi stared at her mother’s hand holding hers, her mother’s long, fair fingers, she looked at them for two seconds before slowly withdrawing her hand.